Kohei Mitamura
Date of birth | 19th February 1992 |
place of birth | Obihiro , Japan |
size | 175 cm |
Weight | 78 kg |
position | Left wing |
Shot hand | Left |
Career stations | |
2009-2010 | Shirakaba Gakuen High School |
since 2010 | Ōji Eagles |
Kōhei Mitamura ( Japanese 三 田村 康 平 , Mitamura Kōhei ; born February 19, 1992 in Obihiro , Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Ōji Eagles in the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2010 .
Career
Kohei Mitamura began his career as an ice hockey player at the Shirakaba Gakuen High School in Memuro . At the age of 18 he moved to the Ōji Eagles , with whom he has been under contract ever since. With the team from Tomakomai he won the Asia League Ice Hockey in 2012 .
International
For Japan, Kōhei Mitamura took part in the junior division of the U18 World Junior Championships in Division I in 2009 and 2010 and the U20 World Junior Championships in Division I in 2011 .
In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the World Championships in Division I in 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 and 2016 . He also took part in qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in February 2013 , but retired with the Japanese team despite having a home advantage at the first round tournament in Nikko with a 2-1 defeat in the decisive game against Great Britain . He also represented his colors in qualifying for the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang and this time reached the decisive second qualifying round with a 2-1 win over Ukraine at the home tournament in Sapporo , in which the Japanese were eliminated without Mitamura. At the Winter Asian Games 2017 he finished third with the Japanese behind Kazakhstan and South Korea .
Achievements and Awards
- 2012 Asia League Ice Hockey Champion with the Ōji Eagles
- 2017 bronze medal at the Winter Asian Games
Asia League statistics
Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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Regular season | 8th | 312 | 41 | 69 | 110 | 196 |
Playoffs | 8th | 44 | 4th | 15th | 19th | 16 |
(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)
Web links
- Kōhei Mitamura at eliteprospects.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mitamura, Kōhei |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 三 田村 康 平 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th February 1992 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Obihiro , Hokkaidō , Japan |